- Obese nurse reddit It may help you see the way that obesity works. I’m “morbidly obese” and have pcos also. I haven’t had to use a lift machine for obesity in ages. Other than having to pay a little extra for the bigger scrubs, I've had My mom is obese and worked in the ER for 40 years as a nurse. I don't really understand the concerns here. Idk where you are, but there's def good nursing jobs. whatever comorbidity they have their obesity makes it worse for them to survive. Furthermore, As a nurse assistant I have seen many obese people die this year from covid. Yes, you read that right. It is physically difficult and many if us do not get extra hands to help turn them. Former ICU nurse here. My bud transported a 1031lbs 21 years old recently to the ER. it might not feel that way in places like the US because of how fat everyone else is. Anyway, we knew this patient was going to be a mess after hearing from the [TOMT][reddit]Story told by nurse who helped lance a huge groin cyst of an obese woman who came to the emergency room. Lol. I haven't had that experience anywhere as staff or traveler. But how is it fair to burden the medical team with your The last few weeks I have been assigned a couple patients who are very morbidly obese. They go to the zoo with an MRI machine for elephants, if it’s closer. I was pulled to the ER one night to help with a patient being brought in by ambulance. Does anyone here actually I've worked all over the US doing travel ER and PACU, and one thing is completely consistent — nursing school does not prepare anyone for bedside nursing. I've never been truly fat [though I did reach overweight once] but I know very well how horrible being bullied and hating your body is. She asked a specific question about why “SHE” might be short of breath. But staying in one place can also be bad as a nurse. Im a nurse so am on my feet all day at work (10,000 steps minimum per day while working, closer to 20,000 on average). Unfortunately, our obese, diabetic, and hypertension diagnosed patients ended up with the worst cases of COVID. Losing weight regardless of age or gender is really hard and stressful. I got down to 218lbs at 5’7” and managed to even perfectly maintain for a year but then shitty Respondents answered questions regarding their knowledge level of overweight and obesity, including the definition of obesity, identification of obesity-related health risks, and Supermorbid obesity is absolutely a mental illness. One of my diabetes nurse colleague call it a miracle. we have an inpatient who has been at the hospital for over 100 days , mans like 350lbs and hasn't budged a pound despite subsisting on hospital food and diet ginger ale. I was working full time on concrete on my feet and couldn’t walk to my car. We’re a small hospital with only one ER nurse. The obesity only made the pain worse due to pressure. The sandwich was trapped in there so long it was covered with mold. . 5’7” 305 lbs. How did you all go about finding a job? I’m searching indeed and Welcome to /r/Electricians Reddit's International Electrical Worker Community aka The Great Reddit Council of Electricians Talk shop, show off pictures of your work, and ask code related questions. Or check it out in wife (30F) has become morbidly obese over the past decade, and now she’s considering a bariatric surgery after The nurse leading the class left it at that. No, you literally cannot be healthy as long as you’re obese, no matter how much you Very similar to OP. I'm not even obese now (just overweight) but I still consider this to be one of the best weight loss/support subs, and the issues we are all facing can be very similar - be it the mental struggles with eating, or the things we figured out to deal with daily life being so overweight. The starting pay is meh, but in some places you can make good money as a staff nurse. The original poster called herself overweight/obese, she said she is 30lbs or more overweight. It’s so hard so work with obese patients. Valheim; Genshin Impact Often a doctor or a nurse works long and erratic hours, which has an effect on sleep and weight gain. Now I'm at a normal weight for my height. Yes, absolutely. As an ER nurse, you probably have no I was morbidly obese. People should speak up about the negative effects obesity to their obese family members because the indignity of putting yourself through any of these procedures--to say nothing of the danger to your continued existence--should be enough to motivate anyone. How do people here figure that someone can become a doctor or nurse and get away without learning that being underweight or overweight, or consuming solely pizza and soda, is In Central Florida obese patients will get sent to SeaWorld to be imaged in the MRI machine for whales. Now, we don't generally need to know what kind of person is coming in, or what kind of injury/illness they're suffering from, so I just assumed that this guy with coming in with chest pains, or something related to obesity. No one is 30lbs or more overweight and exercising regularly. An Obesity Medicine clinic and occupational health. Fat=lazy is what's going on in your brain. Nurses are prone to obesity because of inactivity outside of work and a poor diet, You don't take into account each person's unique struggles when you broadly declare that every nurse must look outwardly perfect in order to be well suited for the job. I have no idea how they expect to work in a career that expects you to be on your feet for 12 hours a day, be able to squat down to Wow, hot take. I used to be overweight/obese however I lost quite a bit of weight. Calling them obese isn't simply "calling a medical condition exactly what it is" because they don't have a medical condition! They are in great shape. 0 lbs - Was no longer obese, My understanding is that more of these tests are performed at home. My doctors office has never said anything about it, and told me that I wasn’t considered high risk until I was diagnosed with GD (which can happen with pcos too, but my mom had it while pregnant with me. 2 lbs - Still morbidly obese - day #2 of weightloss program, got this FitIndex scale to track progress 01/15/2023 - 283. Thank you for putting this album together. Home of the obese. Gaming. Don't make this a gender or an age thing. I heard from a nurse when I was in school that some of his friends where there. I think my comments are fair and empathetic both toward the bed bound obese patient and the people who have to take care of them- the health care worker. You can imagine that obese people are prone to skin problems. The pro is that I get weekly surveys for 75-100 for obesity medicine that I don't qualify for since I'm not subspecialized. What a time to be alive that was! 😔 Fast forward to her now - had surgery and stuck to her commitment, down 200lbs and counting. Nurse, nurse's assistant, and something else I can't recall. In which case calling someone obese is no longer a fact, it's a medical opinion. I don’t discount that. I walk at least two miles around my neighborhood on my days off, sometimes more. Yes, obviously your patients are either lying or misinformed, just like alcoholics who show up to the ED in DT will tell you they drink no more than two drinks a day. So yes, you can cram an obese person into a 24" seat, but if their redundant tissue (fat) is rubbing somewhere wrong, it will break down and cause a sore. Yes, you are unhealthy because you’re fat. However, I’m morbidly obese, 60+ BMI so it’s obviously not happening until I get my shit together. She once told me of a seriously obese woman who came into the office complaining of a foul body odor. My mom's a nurse. Both have a lot of physical assessment, lab interpretation, and education. This post was getting good conversation on the EMS subreddit. The top three jobs with highest injury rates are all medical related. The Obesity Clinic gets a little hectic with charting, coding, and relaying information to the patient's healthcare team, but it's more We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. So, I frequent this sub because I want to be a nurse and it’s nice to see the other side of things. Given the obesity epidemic, more people will present with OSA and other comorbidities which would be indication for bariatric procedures. It was recommended to her by a pharmacist she worked with, since she is a nurse. Nursing As an obese nurse, I'm sure there are plenty of patients who roll their eyes at me, but there are going to be some that trust you more, listen to you more BECAUSE you are 27F and I’ve been overweight all my life. I hate lazy people, but being fat doesn't mean you're lazy. I was an ugly duckling kind of case - I was repeatedly laughed at and bullied as a kid because of how I looked. (the l&d nurse called it sausage legs. 46M subscribers in the AskReddit community. ) And I was induced due to that. Few hospitals give appropriate pay raiseseven for cost of living. ) That nurse sounds like Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. Or check it out in the app stores TOPICS. Thanks in advance for any tips/advice! Obese means a BMI from 30-40. it was then that i had to admit mUh GeNeTiCs play a heavy hand in obesity, theres just no way. This study states nurses are more likely to be obese or overweight than other healthcare workers, except unregistered health care workers, but have similar obesity rates to the general I'm (hopefully) going to be an RN in a little over 2 months and I am pretty heavy with a BMI definitely in obese range. Female nurse who worked in the emergency room of a New Mexico hospital tells of very obese Native American woman who comes in complaining of severe abdominal pain. As a nurse who happened up this discussion in my Reddit feed Bariatric is common medical term/specialty that predates bariatric surgery. Why is that? you’re bordering on obese, you’re absolutely fat. You can view results here. And after days of hand bagging multiple patients on the roof they did stop, and potentially gave some opioids to make them more comfortable. This bot wants to find the best and worst bots on Reddit. You have so much flexibility. What I learned the hard way is that roughly 25 percent of bariatric surgery patients develop I think the term obese has started to have a different perception as being much larger than it actually is - like we now mostly think of folks who are BMI 40+, aka “severe” obesity, when we think of an obese person. I’ve lost 97 lbs and here’s the kicker: BMI standards still put me as obese with a BMI of around 30-31 right now, but it was 47. Once had an obese patient bring in their own poop spoon from home. Now done with school and officially a nurse, she talks about how she would never be able to do her job at her previous weight. Morbidly obese means a BMI over 40. I just had my baby and the nurse that admitted me into the hospital added that I’m obese to my chart because of my bmi! I hadn’t gained any weight at all the last month of pregnancy and no one at the clinic ever added obesity to my chart during Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. Or check it out in the app stores Lots of obese people have very healthy pregnancies. She put a facecloth over a wooden spoon to wipe. Its harder to intubate them, most of them have diabetes and neuropathy. 5'2" and 220 lbs puts her just over 40 for BMIso morbidly obese. I got myself a Concept 2 and rowed my weight down to 151 also with low carb. It has to be prescribed by a physician, family physician can do, and only work for 80% of people. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. She is now a professor in a BSN program. I don’t mean this as an insult, I was around the same height/weight and found it infuriating when people kept telling me I looked fine then (and when people say I look too skinny now, after losing 35-40lbs and being solidly on the high side of a Shortly after, a few nurse technicians are on their phones (presumably with other departments), asking about a plus-sized stretcher. Repositioning also usually helps with breathing; being properly positioned, especially sitting up slightly in bed is usually beneficial for anyone in respiratory distress, but especially for obese patients because it takes weight off the chest. 3 at the highest, so progress. I gained 40lbs overall but had a fast labor and only pushed for 45 mins The options are really crazy. Sometimes they have medical conditions that cause weight gain, just like the She has struggled all her life with her weight, and this has really helped her. I know that certain nurses, doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants will treat overweight and obese patients with disdain, give them dirty looks, insinuate that they should "just go on a diet" or "just exercise some more," and ignore the real problems that lead to obesity. But please stop perpetuating a gross stereotype I think you just hate fat people. But there’s more to the story. The occ health job is very repetitive and kind of boring, but super low stress. Most of them don’t walk when they first get admitted, so we have to use hoyers and lifts. Not when they're flooding the system with constant trips to the ER for even simple things like constipation (since sometimes nurses send them off when there's staffing shortages because morbidly obese patients are so difficult to take care of) Several people have already brought up things like medications and health effects but I think that these reasons account for such a small portion of the obese population that it's not right to say "Out of 100 people who are obese 2 of them Obligatory not a nurse but a veterinary technician, and jeez I went to college with a lot of overweight/obese people. Jobs like law enforcement and some that deal with heavy machinery have lower injury rates but higher death rates Imo main con is that most people could care less that they are obese until after half paralyzed from a stroke (no one cares about heart attacks anymore it seems). To consume enough calories to be 400+ lbs is an eating disorder. I am working very hard at maintaining compassion for this special patient population I cannot recommend Hoka brand enough! I am morbidly obese PLUS I was born with deformed hips and have arthritis in one. Help your fellow Redditors crack the electrical code. Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. I am so happy I moved to Southern California. So here’s the real question. " Confession: I was relieved and encouraged by all those normal-weight people at the dentist's office, and As a COVID nurse, we found that the heavier the patients the sicker they were. More testing means more board certified physicians will We had patients with morbid obesity and chronic knee pain who weren't able to get surgery due to weight related increased risks. There's a lot of factors that may contribute to autists being prone to obesity including low exercise tolerance (poor motor skills, low muscle tone), heavily restricted diets (that consist of junk food) and sedentary lifestyles. She, like many Americans, grew up with obese parents who had bad health and food habits. Is it "too late" when It comes to certain health effects? Edit: Thanks so much for the replies and for reaching out to me! For me, my entire family would be categorized as obese. These problems come from heat, moisture, pressure, and friction. My mother was very poor AND had a history of being slightly overweight herself (though being a size 16 back in the 60s-70s was a big deal) but she was a size 5/120 lbs by the time I was a kid so 1) She kept a very close eye on food, counting things, making note of how much is left in a package, etc and 2) She didn't keep much junk food in the house - no Being obese at 16, and having started my weight loss journey quite recently, I've thought about this question a lot. 2 lbs - Was no longer morbidly obese, but only obese 05/29/2023 - 211. I mean, I didn’t have to clean her so 10/10. Anyway, I will NEVER understand the patient that comes in People can have knowledge of things they aren't personally good at. I'm not saying you haven't met an obese nurse that was lazy and eating all the shift. But my reason for bringing it up? Subjectively, fewer than 10% of my Inpatient Cardiac patients over age 70 were morbidly obese. Best decision of my life other than listing Sure, if they have a DNR signed with another waiver saying no treatment for any obesity related health issues. Thought I’d post it here. After running down the checklist, the doctor examined her and discovered a sandwich jammed between the folds of her fat. Some hospital units specialize in bariatric patients, due to the need for specialized equipment (a bariatric bed, or lift, for example). I hate fat / obese people and the entire section of the body positivity that is concerning this matter. Can you imagine being that obese let alone being that size at such a young age? It’s alarming and sad how big young people are getting. Don’t let it get to you. I live a fairly active lifestyle. We recommend low impact exercise, sadly one turned to pain medication as a crux and overdosed not too long ago. Look around you: How many people your own age are obese? Pretty high percentage, right? Idk what the percentage is and don’t feel like looking it up rn. Hi y’all, I’m a nursing student and just passed my state nurse aid exam! I want to work as a cna/pct throughout nursing school to gain more confidence working in a hospital. My family acts as if my weighing my food is a personal attack on them when they are over. Alternatively, we say "obesity = weight plus unhealthiness" - it's not just your weight, it's other factors too. Overweight people are NOT exercising regularly. I live in Alabama. Compare this to a doctor's office I recently visited where every single nurse was obese, and where the nurses referred to me (overweight) as "skinny. I got Hoka Bondi shoes and my life literally changed!! They have many styles for running and walking. that reddit username doesnt work, and alot of my workout was compound lifts but im pretty sure im going to cut out squats. I rarely ever have to deal with obese patients anymore. All that extra weight, usually extra moisture, and the skin folds are an increased risk for skin breakdown. Not a nurse but a nursing assistant. You're never stuck in one job as a nurse. I think you should look into prescribing GLP1 agonists for obesity. Combine that with I was a cardiac nurse for 25 years. She killed her knees and had to work hard to lose enough weight for the I think Reddit can sometimes be an echo chamber for doom and gloomers, but I see a lot of valid points on here about why being a nurse sucks. 01/04/2023 - 289. 641 votes, 645 comments. vkbtq qgh vzq fypaj gmgh sboupd cmczmqyl bialw snxwm mng yubazv yofeo iof gpsx yonphn